US Wants to Avoid Congressional Vote on Trade Deal, Carney Says

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said Trump administration officials have been clear that they don’t want to trigger a vote in Congress by changing the “fundamental architecture” of the North American free trade deal.

Carney said the three countries in the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement are currently holding separate, bilateral talks on a variety of trade irritants in part because no side wants to make sweeping changes to the existing deal.

The prime minister said all those discussions are happening “in the context of maintaining the foundation” of USMCA, which President Donald Trump negotiated and which was passed by Congress during ...